Chapter 19 Let’s go inside!
On the way.
Su Wenchen looked at the wild flowers and weeds on the roadside, and suddenly an idea came to him!
So he simply broke off a branch, held it in his hand, and waved it a few times casually, creating gusts of wind!
The next moment, the whole person was like an ancient emperor who had swept through the ages. All the wild flowers and weeds on the roadside that he saw were cut in half!
In a short period of time, no one could match his opponent!
After arriving at the county, Su Wenchen threw away the wooden stick in his hand with his head held high and his chest puffed out like a victorious rooster.
At this moment, he also understood why many people in the past liked to use a small wooden stick to chop grass everywhere.
There are simply too few options for entertainment.
In this age without mobile phones, game consoles, and even most families don’t have televisions, this thing is a very economical form of entertainment.
Besides, Su Wenchen felt quite relieved after chopping down the enemies like this!
The morning market is set up on the edge of the county.
Although the above attitude towards this type of dovish market is turning a blind eye.
But the managers behind this pigeon city don't dare to go too far, so the place is placed on the margins.
Su Wenchen followed his memory and came to the location of the morning market, only to find that there were almost no people in the alley.
There were only a few old people scattered in the alley, bending over to pick up vegetable leaves that had fallen on the ground.
Su Wenchen scratched his head. It seemed that he was late!
An old man saw Su Wenchen carrying a basket and walking into the alley, and looked at him warily.
"What are you going to do? I am the only one who can pick up these stalls. If you want to pick up some, you have to go find the manager of the morning market first, and they will assign you a new place!"
"If you come to steal our things, the people in the morning market will not let you go! Besides, you are a grown man, you can do anything, why do you come to steal these rotten vegetable leaves from us?"
Since Su Wenchen came with the basket after the morning market was over, the old man obviously regarded him as a competitor.
Su Wenchen looked at several elderly people in the alley, all of whom were picking up items at a few fixed stalls in an orderly manner. Some of them were faster and even started cleaning the stalls.
It seems that the manager of this morning market is quite financially savvy. He contracts out the rotten vegetable leaves left over from the morning to these elderly people according to the stalls. These elderly people should also be responsible for helping them clean up the remaining garbage from the morning.
This way the morning market can be kept clean without spending a penny.
The alley was mostly filled with elderly people, and there were a few with their children. However, they all looked at Su Wenchen with caution, obviously afraid that he was here to steal their things.
Su Wenchen sighed. It seemed that even the people living in the city didn’t live as comfortably as one might imagine in this day and age.
Su Wenchen gently lifted the basket in his hand and said, "Old man, I'm not here to pick up leftover leaves. I'm here to sell some eggs that I saved at home! It's a pity that the morning market seems to have closed!"
After hearing what Su Wenchen said, the old man's vigilance obviously decreased!
Coming to the morning market to sell things like eggs that the family is reluctant to eat is a behavior that almost all members of the surrounding brigades do.
This is also one of the main sources of income for most members.
The old man didn't find it strange, so he said casually, "You have to come early to sell things. The market here opens before dawn. Usually, the market closes after the factory workers start working."
"If you come at this time, no one will come to buy things even if the market is not closed!"
Su Wenchen nodded. He knew that among people of this era, apart from the leaders, the people with the strongest purchasing power were basically the working class.
Now that the workers are all at work, naturally consumption is less.
Thinking of this, Su Wenchen prepared to go to the county supply and marketing cooperative to inquire about the price. The reason why he did not choose the supply and marketing cooperative at the beginning was that he felt that their purchase price would definitely not be as good as the price at the morning market!
I can’t take the eggs back now!
As soon as he walked out of the alley where the morning market was located.
A young woman was walking towards me. Although she was wearing simple clothes of that era, her appearance was eye-catching.
Su Wenchen subconsciously took a few more glances, but after seeing that the other person was wearing clothes with four pockets that were obviously only worn by cadres, Su Wenchen was a little puzzled. How could there be such a beautiful female cadre in the county?
How come it has never appeared in my memory before?
Su Wenchen suddenly recalled the gossip he heard in the village a few days ago. The man who didn't want to be a commune cadre and insisted on going back was from Beijing.
Could it be this Lord?
However, Su Wenchen felt that it was unlikely, because this person had a small round face that made people feel very cute at first sight.
He really couldn't imagine the other person wanting to die or jump off the building.
Not long after Su Wenchen left, the girl suddenly ran out from the alley where the morning market was located.
He jogged along the road all the way and chased after Su Wenchen.
"Hey, the guy in front! Wait a minute!"
Su Wenchen heard someone calling him, and when he turned around, he found that it was the girl he had just met.
Watching the other party jogging after him, Su Wenchen was a little confused. He thought that his predecessor should not recognize the other party!
This was his first time in the county, could it be that the other party was a scammer? But was there such a thing in this era?
Su Wenchen became slightly alert.
Jiang Li panted slightly as she caught up and said, "I'm so tired, how come you're walking so fast? I just came out of the morning market and you've walked so far!"
"Uh, do we know each other?" Su Wenchen asked with some confusion.
Jiang Li waved her hands to calm down the panting caused by the jog just now.
Glancing at the people coming and going around her, and thinking that private transactions were not allowed in this era, she pointed to a secluded alley and said, "Let's go inside!"
Su Wenchen’s eyes widened.
Fuck, when did people become so direct in this era? Was I being set up by a honey trap?
Is there such a thing in this era?
So he stepped back and said directly, "What are you doing?"
Jiang Li pouted, "Humph, what are you thinking? I want yours!"
She pointed at Su Wenchen's basket, because she had just gone to the morning market, but found that the market had already closed.
Fortunately, a kind lady told him that a young man had just come with a basket to sell eggs, so she trotted out to chase him!
Su Wenchen shook the basket and said, "So this is what you want. You didn't explain clearly, so I thought you were up to something bad! Let's go! Let's go to the alley."
Jiang Li rolled her eyes.
You're still worried that I'm up to no good. Shouldn't I be the one to be worried?
The two walked into the alley, and Su Wenchen lifted the coarse cloth covering the basket!
"Here, they're all big eggs, eight cents each, no bargaining, how many do you want?"
"The supply and marketing cooperative only charges six cents each, how can you sell it for more than the supply and marketing cooperative?"
"The supply and marketing cooperative is cheaper, so you can go there to buy them. Besides, my eggs are bigger than normal eggs."
As he spoke, Su Wenchen even took out one and showed it to the other party for comparison.
Su Wenchen thought to himself, I finally met a rich sucker, if I don’t sell it at a higher price, how can I justify the money I paid for running errands all the way to the county?
Jiang Li frowned. She had gone to the supply and marketing cooperative to ask, but found out that all the eggs there had been sold out long ago, so she went to the morning market to try her luck.
Unexpectedly, although she was lucky enough to find someone selling eggs during the market hours, the price was much higher than that in the supply and marketing cooperative.
So she looked at Su Wenchen with a pitiful look and said, "Is it really impossible to get a bargain?"
Su Wenchen didn't buy it and just waved his hand and said.
"No bargaining, if you don't want it, I'll go to the staff family compound to ask!"
He came from the era of the Internet explosion, so how could he fall for the trick of playing pitiful?
At the very least, you have to increase your strength and seduce him.
"Okay then! I'll take them all, but can you give me the basket as a gift?"
Su Wenchen thought about it. Anyway, his father had woven a lot of baskets like this when he was free. Considering that the other party did offer a high price, he nodded.
"It's three dollars and thirty-six cents in total. I can give you the basket, but I can't give you the cloth covering it."
During this period, Su Wenchen gradually learned about the relatively scarce items of this era.
Things like baskets can be made by yourself in the countryside using materials found anywhere, and they are very cheap.
There’s no harm in giving one to the other person.
On the contrary, things like cloth are very precious in rural areas due to the lack of cloth coupons, even coarse cloth is very precious!
(End of this chapter)
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